I do not think I have done one of these since I moved to Marmots Hole, but ever so often I like to take a look at the numbers behind the numbers. I do this since some of the reporting about Korea is never quite as it seems, and can be proven by a quick [...]
Those with an interest in the history of early modern Korea and the history of Korea-U.S. relations may wish to drop by the Somerset Palace tonight at 7:30—Prof. Samuel Hawley will be talking on the travels and tribulations of George C. Foulk, the second U.S. minister to Korea. The lecture promises to be fascinating:
In May [...]
Talk about no respect . . . even Rodney Dangerfield got some once and a while but not the erstwhile leader of North Korea, who some anonymous Chinese seem to enjoy lampooning with glee. This is an absolutely hilarious Chinese video series that makes fun of Kim Jong Il’s habit of sending “secret agents” [...]
Who says there is no new Korean tire technology out there: “KUMHO Tire USA…announces the introduction of the world’s first fragrance automotive tire…with heat-resistant oils in the scent of lavender, and in later versions, neroli (orange) or jasmine.“
Last week* I said that I thought there would be two results of Goh Kun’s dropping out of the presidential race. First, Lee Myung-bak would get a bump. Second, that whatever new party emerges on the left will be more likely to nominate a progressive.
Since then a couple of polls have come out with slightly [...]
OK, probably not the healthiest of teenager pursuits, but at least a lot more creative than surfing porn.
The CIA printed the North Korean supernotes? This has to be one of the funniest fiskings I’ve ever read.
The more I see of Korea’s Hooter branch, the more I feel myself inclined to agree with what that great blogger Conrad of the Gweilo Diaries once said—There are some things you just can’t outsource.
There was apparently a 4.8 earthquake west of the East Coast town of Gangneung at 8:56 this evening.
The quake was apparently detectable throughout the country.
As I was sitting here this evening, I felt the floor shake momentarily, and I thought to myself, gee, that’s peculiar. I thought it might have been an earthquake, but [...]
This is from “Are These from the real Korean textbook?” a thread from the “Little Bridge” blog of Jacky Peng, another interesting Chinese blog that reports that some Chinese internet users are accusing Korean history text books as attempting to “distorting history and trying to steal Chinese land” — pretty much the same accusation that [...]
One sees so many new and interesting things around Seoul but how many of us know what is really happening? As for one example, let us have a “Name that Picture” contest, where one must figure out just what story the picture is trying to tell us. First, the picture above shows:
A “Power [...]
As per an earlier rant on the real problems that affect Seoul, (no Yongsan Park?!) it seems that a formal survey now confirms that Seoul residents scored the lowest “in a happiness index, the lowest among 10 cities, including New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Tokyo, Beijing and Stockholm.”
You know, looking at this photo at the Lost Nomad, I couldn’t help but picture Ms. Cutler coming back tomorrow and presenting the head of the Korean delegation with a watch made by Korean forced labor in a Japanese factory during WW II.
The JoongAng Ilbo reports that it has been belatedly learned that nine family members of three South Korean POWs who managed to escape from the North to China failed in their attempt to reach the South after Chinese security forces arrested them and repatriated them to the Workers Paradise late last year.
What makes this story [...]
Is the term gyopo offensive?
Personally, I think it’s a rather odd topic of discussion, but I’m tired of seeing the discussion about So Far from the Bamboo Grove hijacked, so if you want to debate this issue (and it seems some of you do), do it here, please.
While Gerry Beavers considers what to do about his recent dismissal, here is a course of action I recommend he not take (Chosun):
A senior High Court judge is in hospital after a disgruntled litigant shot him with a crossbow on Monday. Seoul High Court Justice Park Hong-woo was shot in his left side with a [...]
Quite a few posts and stories are going around alleging “infringement” if not outright “theft” by Apple Computer of LG Electronics’ rights and secrets. At issue is the recently released iPhone vs. the other recently released LG KE850 (aka the LG Prada Phone, due to a branding agreement between LG and the fashion house).
This is [...]
A novel used as an English text in U.S. middle schools is drawing fire from Koreans and Korean-Americans for describing scenes of abuse and rape of Japanese by Koreans during the closing stage of Japanese imperialism.
The book, So Far from the Bamboo Grove, was written by Japanese-American Yoko Kawashawa Watkins and is supposedly based on [...]
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